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certainot

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17. conservatism is just a nice way to say authoritarianism...?

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #8)

Fri Aug 19, 2022, 01:50 AM

Aug 2022

but some real conservatism is also just caution, and that can save lives.......

this is a party that denies global warming - that is not 'conservative' in any way. that's just stupid, and being a tool.

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